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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

June 2, 1995Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 7:35 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 25 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Herkimer County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KALB 022335 RRA
SVRALB
NYC043-030000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
735 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  805 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...HERKIMER COUNTY
 
 
AT 7:30 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF
BOONVILLE NEAR REMSEN IN NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY.
 
AT  7:45 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BOONVILLE NEAR NORTHWOOD IN NORTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY.
 
AT  8:00 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
DOLGEVILLE NEAR WILMURT IN NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.